The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864
Online Resources from the VMI Archives

The VMI Corps of Cadets fought as a unit at the Battle of New Market, Virginia, on May 15, 1864. Two hundred fifty seven cadets were on the field, organized into a battalion of four companies of Infantry and one section of Artillery. Ten cadets were killed in battle or died later from the effects of their wounds; 45 were wounded. The youngest participating cadet was fifteen; the oldest twenty-five.

• Timeline & Popular Questions 

• About the Battle 
• Map of the battleground

• William H. McDowell the "Ghost Cadet"
• Samuel F. Atwill 
• Andrew Pizzini 
• Battle memoir.
  Recollections by Porter Johnson, Class of 1867.
• Online Rosters Database 
  (search keywords New Market)

• "Died on the Field of Honor": About the ten cadets who died
•  VMI New Market Ceremony 
• Online Exhibit: New Market Day, 1866. Reburial of Five Cadets at VMI

Civil War Cadet Life
These full text collections provide insight into the life of a cadet during the period 1861-1865.

• Andrew C. L. Gatewood Papers 
• John F. Hanna Diary 
• Jacob Kent Langhorne Papers 
• James L. Merritt letters
  Includes a letter written the day after the battle.
• J. Henry Reid Papers 
• John E. Roller Papers
  Includes a letter from Peter Roller to his son, giving a civilian's account of the fighting in the valley.
• Andrew Stevenson Papers
• For additional collections, see the Civil War Manuscripts Guide. 

• Online Photographs Database
  (search last name or keywords New Market)
• Photograph album of New Market Cadet Gaylord B. Clark, Class of 1867.

• Correspondence about the battle
• Report of Gen. Francis H. Smith, July 1864
• Report of Col. Scott Shipp. Shipp led the cadets into battle
• Orders, May 1864

• Hunter's Raid, June 1864.
• VMI Arsenal & Ordnance,
  1859-1864